Parenting a 3-Year-Old Princess Scarier Than the Boss!! <Killing Darling Baby-ing♡>
Hello.
Today, I'd like to introduce a webtoon that perfectly blends
comedy, enemies-to-lovers, romance, childcare, and action!
Currently enjoying huge popularity on Naver Webtoon,
<Killing Darling Baby-ing♡> follows the final order of a deceased boss:
"Protect my daughter!" To fulfill this mission,
hitman Jason flies in from Mexico, embarking on a grueling parenting journey.
Jason is a killer who has navigated the rough underworld his entire life, but
the three-year-old little lady he faces in Suyu-dong, Seoul,
turns out to be more powerful and unpredictable
than any crime syndicate boss.
Spitting out chewed food, throwing tantrums, and slime attacks are just the basics.
She even flings underwear at random passersby.
Thanks to this 'devilish princess' and her eccentricities, Jason's life
literally turns into a disaster zone of childcare.
Even the daycare center they barely managed to enter is filled with
extraordinary characters. In the midst of all this, can Jason
safely accomplish this 'terrifying parenting mission'?
Let's start the review!
A seemingly peaceful apartment complex.
Despite its tranquil exterior, a suffocating
tension hangs in the air.
A man, trying desperately to hide his presence,
carefully inches forward until he stands before a room's door.
A trail of blood-red marks stretches long,
leaving a messy scene right in front of the closet.
The marks lead inside the closet, and from within,
a bizarre crunching sound echoes out.
Our protagonist 'Jason', timing his move, shakes off
the tension in his stiff body and charges at the closet.
"My Lady~!"
Making a mockery of his extreme tension, the one sitting inside the closet
was the little princess, doing some sort of ketchup-bottle art(?).
The reason Jason charged the closet with such grave determination
was simply to feed the lady(?) he serves,
as he offers a spoonful of food in the sweetest tone possible.
"You really have to eat now!
You've been eating nothing but chocolate all day."
The child, pouting at the offered spoon,
quietly accepts the food without complaining.
Thinking she finally has the appetite to eat,
Jason watches her obediently taking the food,
and breathes a sigh of relief.
"Good girl, that's it! Eat slowly!"
However, before even swallowing the first bite, with a sullen look,
the child stares back at Jason.
'Huh? Why is she making that face...?'
The child spits the mouthful of food right into Jason's face
and immediately makes a run for it.
"Bring me choco! Choco!!"
These sudden outbursts, which practically beg for Dr. Oh Eun-young's parenting solutions,
were so natural, clearly indicating this wasn't a one-off event.
Spitting, throwing, running away, screaming.
Executing every single action perfectly like a combo meal, the child
starts running wildly around the house in a total mess.
With god-like patience, Jason endures it
and starts nagging at the back of the bratty little princess's head.
"You have to eat a balanced diet even if you don't want to!
So you can adjust well when you go to daycare!
And become a true bo..."
Just then, Jason witnesses a sight he can hardly believe.
Wrapped snugly around the little princess's neck, fluttering in the air,
was a striped, square piece of cloth.
It was Jason's favorite pair of underwear.
The last thread of his steadfast patience snaps
and unable to hold back, Jason chases after the child,
only to step on a Lego piece and briefly see the afterlife.
Hearing his ear-piercing scream, the child
gives him a super excited raspberry (bleh!)
and bolts out of the house.
Continuously crying out for his Lady(?) while experiencing this parenting hell,
is the former killer, 'Jason'.
He is currently raising his boss's child.
To go back in time for a quick explanation...
Unable to be controlled even by the government that declared a war on gangs,
Mexico City was overrun with all kinds of illegal drug cartels and gangs.
Settled in this hellscape, the Korean maverick, Kim Ye-sol,
established a syndicate called 'Coreanos' and reached the top of the food chain.
Then one day, he collapses from a heart problem,
and the syndicate is thrown into an emergency.
Rushing to the hospital upon hearing the news of the boss's collapse,
'Jason' receives a crucial mission from him.
"If I die, this underworld is going to get very noisy.
Any organization loses its power
when its head falls..."
"All the hatred aimed at me will turn towards A-young."
Jason looks at the little princess standing next to another member..
wait no, the boss's young daughter who is radiating a demonic aura,
and simply stares.
The boss begins rattling off a list of rival syndicates
targeting him, and the list is endless.
Going beyond Mexico City, it seemed like the names of every known syndicate
were being mentioned.
"You must become A-young's... godfather,
and head over to Korea together."
"Just until A-young reaches elementary school age,
take responsibility and raise her."
As for the boss's daughter 'A-young', since her time on her dad's side,
she was a kid reputed to be possessed by Satan.
Meanwhile, with the boss's life on the line,
the expressions of the senior members looking at Jason,
who was given this most crucial mission, were unusual.
'Jason'.
The greatest troublemaker in the syndicate, who had never properly
accomplished a mission, and the reasons for his failures were always colorful.
Failed because he got distracted by women as a hopeless flirt.
Failed because he was busy stealing someone else's pizza.
Failed after putting on a one-man show and getting stuck in a tree...
As Jason himself doubts whether he can properly
carry out the mission, the boss offers him
a reward for success.
Before he could even rejoice at the mind-boggling reward,
Jason arrives in Seoul with 'A-young'.
With no time to mourn the boss's death,
and no time to adapt to the scattered order of the syndicate...
Jason begins his hellish parenting journey.
Will Jason be able to honor the boss's wishes
and raise A-young into a fine person?
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